Particle populations in Mercury's magnetosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 14-15, 2001, Pages 1643-1653

  Wurz, Peter ^a   Blomberg, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0035575539     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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